Okay guys and gals. I don't want to start a flame war, but a healthy debate
would be nice. See, I've had this theory for a long time about religion, and
it goes something like this:
Long ago, in the infancy of human civilization way before christianity there
were tons of religions. They were used as a way to help people understand
the everyday questions plaguing them, as well as a way to control behavior
en masse.
The questions were anything, like:
1. What is that big ball of fire in the sky?
2. Why does it snow in the winter?
3. Who makes my crops grow?
4. What causes these rocks I put into the fire to turn into copper?
5. How can I talk to my dead relatives?
6. How come I can't have sex with a close relative?
7. Why do people get sick when they eat pork (the whole trichinella
thing, and aversion to pork)
8. ect.
Through the ages as human civilization became more scientifically advanced
(still before the rise of christianity), these questions were either
answered with a religious connotation (because the "wise" men had no idea,
or these ideas were given to them by temple elders or whoever), or the
problem was solved using practical methodology like:
1. The rocks are made of metal that melts at a certain temperature
and solidifies at a certain temperature into whatever shape it is poured in.
They didnt need to know what temperature, just that if you got it hot
enough, it would change.
As times progressed (including the birth of the judeao-christian ethos). The
old religions either:
1. Died out as their follower's numbers thinned.
2. Were destroyed by newer ideas mandated by conquerers
3. Adapted and lived on
No matter what happened, the sheer volume of questions society as a whole
had about it's world that could be answered in a theological manner has been
decreasing ever since.
Until now it seems if there are really only two questions left that could be
answered by our religions:
1. Why are we here?
2. What happens when we die?
Unless I am mistaken, these are the two issues addressed by all of the major
mainstream religions.
Okay. So that's my theory. I think that it is just a matter of time before
the current religions either adapt or die out. How would they adapt? I have
no idea, maybe become more scientific. Who knows?
Have you ever heard a similar argument before? Am I crazy? It just seems so
logical to me.
What do you think?
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